RPC I, 4983

 

Image of specimen #29

 

Coin type
Volume I
Number 4983
Province Syria
Region Samaria
City Caesarea Maritima
Reign Agrippa I
Person (obv.) Claudius (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Agrippa I (king) ; Claudius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ ΓΕΡ
Edition Τιβέριος Καῖσαρ Σεβαστὸς Γερ(μανικός)
Translation Tiberius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Claudius, right
Reverse inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΑΣ ΦΙΛΟ(ΚΑΙΣΑΡ), L Ζ (in pediment)
Edition Βασιλεὺς μέγας Ἀγρίππας Φιλοκαῖσαρ (ἔτους) ζʹ
Translation Great king Agrippa, friend of Caesar, of year 7
Reverse design temple with two columns containing King Agrippa, Claudius and two other figures
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 15.54 g
Axis 2, 12
Reference Meshorer 8, Burnett, Agrippa 10; Burnett, Agrippa (2014) 4983
Specimens 26 (3 in the core collections)
Note For an interpretation of the rev. type as the consecration, in the Temple of Capitoline Jupiter at Rome, of the treaty between Agrippa and Claudius, see Burnett.

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